Wayne Fu

ORCID: 0000-0003-0134-0245
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Research Areas
  • Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Vascular Procedures and Complications
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Management of metastatic bone disease
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
  • Science, Research, and Medicine
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Biomedical and Engineering Education

Mercy Hospital
2023

Staten Island University Hospital
2020-2023

Northwell Health
2020-2022

Albany Medical Center Hospital
2017-2019

Health Sciences Centre
2016

St Michael’s Hospital
2016

University of Toronto
2016

Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
2016

Elderly adults are at particular risk of sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and tend to suffer worse outcomes compared other age groups. Falls the leading cause TBI among elderly.We examined nationwide trends in hospitalizations elderly (ages 65 older) between April 2006 March 2011 using population-based database that is mandatory for all hospitals Canada. Trends admission rates were analyzed linear regression. Predictors falls in-hospital mortality identified logistic...

10.1371/journal.pone.0175868 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2017-04-21

To examine epidemiological trends of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) treated in the Emergency Department (ED), identify demographic groups at risk TBI, and determine factors associated with hospitalization following an ED visit for TBI.A province-wide database was used to all visits TBI Ontario, Canada between April 2002 March 2010. Trends were analyzed using linear regression, predictors hospital admission evaluated logistic regression.There 986,194 over eight-year study period, resulting...

10.1371/journal.pone.0145469 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2016-01-13

Introduction Correctly assessing burn size is extremely important since it directly associated with a patient's subsequent management. Further, an accurate assessment of the total body surface area (TBSA) involved crucial to decide if specialty care in unit necessary, whereby overestimation has potential lead unnecessary patient transfers and undesirable burdens on healthcare system inconvenience patients. The goal this study was identify whether injury estimates TBSA percentage correlate...

10.7759/cureus.9362 article EN Cureus 2020-07-23

There are known demographic and clinical patterns related to burn injuries care associated with national global geography. Still, limited data sources exist facilitate the study of trends in regionalization care.The current aims investigate demographics characteristics patients that presented Emergency Department (ED) were subsequently admitted for treatment inpatient unit a regional center.This retrospective, single-center was conducted between 1 February 2018 31 July 2019, ED who injury...

10.1080/21548331.2020.1760555 article EN Hospital Practice 2020-04-24

Background and objective The opioid use disorder (OUD) epidemic is a persistent public health crisis in the United States. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with agonists, including buprenorphine, an effective commonly initiated emergency department (ED). This study describes demographics clinical characteristics of OUD patients presenting to ED evaluated for MAT. Methodology A retrospective, single-center descriptive 129 adult between July 2018 2020 Results total were assessed About half...

10.7759/cureus.41464 article EN Cureus 2023-07-06
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